The local authorityCouncil · welsh_council · Wales

Swansea.

Labour Party-controlled welsh_council. 32 wards across 3 parliamentary constituencies.

Typewelsh_council
Seats76 councillors · 32 wards
Last election5 May 2022

Net revenue · —

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Core spending power (MHCLG)

Band-D bill

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For the council slice (incl. precepts)

Composition

46/76

Labour Party 61%

Westminster

constituencies overlap · 1 MP party

Dispatch
31 May 2026

Labour Party chamber, Labour Party MPs.

Swansea is a welsh_council controlled by Labour Party (46 of 76 seats). It covers 32 wards spanning 3 parliamentary constituencies.

§ 01Composition.76 seats · last contested 5 May 2022

Who sits in the chamber.

Lab 46LD 11Con 7Independent Berwick Hills Resident 5Uplands 4Independents @ Swansea 2

Labour Party 61% · last contested 5 May 2022

Councillors — the people.

Councillor		Ward	Elected
Lyndon Jones	Con	Bishopston	2022
Mandy Evans	Lab	Bonymaen	2022
Paul Lloyd	Lab	Bonymaen	2022
David Phillips	Lab	Castle	2022
Fiona Margaret Gordon	Lab	Castle	2022
Hannah Frederika Lawson	Lab	Castle	2022
Patience Nansat Bentu	Lab	Castle	2022
Brigitte Jane Rowlands	Con	Clydach	2022
Gordon David Walker	Ind	Clydach	2022
Matthew Bailey	Ind	Clydach	2022
Elliott John King	Lab	Cockett	2022
Mike Durke	Lab	Cockett	2022

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§ 05Westminster constituencies — the overlap.32 wards split across 3 parliamentary seats

Constituency	Wards	% of council	Current MP
Gower	19	59%	Tonia Antoniazzi	Lab
Swansea West	10	31%	Torsten Bell	Lab
Neath and Swansea East	3	9%	Carolyn Harris	Lab

Sources, methods & last update

Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.

CompositionDemocracy Club (live)
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)

SuppliersCouncil publication under LGTC
Not yet ingested for Swansea

Westminster overlapONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundaries

PopulationONS mid-year estimates
Pending ingest at LAD level